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			<h1 class="gold">CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION IN ROOFING</h1>
<p>The Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing, is dedicated to promoting the development and use of environmentally responsible, high performance roof systems.</p>
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<p><u><strong><span style="">SPOTLIGHT</span></strong></u><b><span style=""><br/></span></b></p>
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<p><b>The Center pushes Energy Efficient Tax Credit for Roofs</b></p>
<p>The past month, the Center has been working to ensure tax credits for energy efficient roofing are included in new energy legislation Congress is considering.&#xA0;The Center is proposing a 30% investment tax credit for those roofs that achieve a prescribed level of thermal performance.&#xA0;The idea is to put energy efficiency on a level playing field with renewable energy, which currently enjoys a 30% investment tax credit.</p>
<p>To learn more about the Energy Efficient Tax Credits for Roofs, <a href="/syncshow/uploaded_media/THE ENERGY-EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL ROOFS ACT OF 2009.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href,'','resizable=no,location=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,status=no,toolbar=no,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,status'); return false">click here.</a></p>
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<p><b><span style="">The Center Issues a White Paper about the Benefits of Rooftop Photo-Voltaic</span></b><span style=""><br/></span></p>
<p><span style="">The Center issued a white paper, &#x201C;Successful Rooftop Photo-voltaic: How to Achieve a High-Quality, Well-Maintained, Compatible Rooftop PV System,&#x201D; to help consumers understand the basics of installing a photo-voltaic rooftop.&#xA0;The white paper discusses the benefits and challenges of installing photovoltaic rooftops.&#xA0;</span></p>
<p><span style="">To read the &#x201C;Successful Rooftop Photo-voltaic: How to Achieve a High-Quality, Well-Maintained, Compatible Rooftop PV System&#x201D; <a href="/syncshow/uploaded_media/SUCCESSFUL ROOFTOP PHOTOVOLTAICS.pdf">click here.</a> <br/></span></p>
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